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Blade Runner (1982)Blade Runner: The Final Cut / Dangerous Days / Bladerunner
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st century Los Angeles. He's a "Blade Runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. A visual stunner, remastered for improved home presentation, director Ridley Scott's vision of this sci-fi cinema classic intriguingly differs from what 1982 moviegoers saw. This version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachael (Sean Young) and removes the "uplifting" finale. Most intriguing of all is a newly included unicorn vision that suggests Deckard may be a humanoid. The result is a heightened emotional impact a great film made greater. - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
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Orson Welles makes his feature-length directorial debut with this classic drama which often tops critics' polls of the best films of all time. In 1940, newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Welles) dies after uttering the word 'Rosebud'. An anonymous reporter (William Alland) is assigned the task of uncovering the meaning of Kane's dying word, and in the course of his enquiries he receives varying accounts of his life from former colleagues Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten) and Bernstein (Everett Sloan), and ex-wife Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore). The film, which Welles also produced and co-wrote, was not-so-loosely based on the life of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. - Director:
- Orson Welles
- Cast:
- Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore
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Vision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...
Episodes Comprise:
- The Grand Design
- The Ministerial Broadcast
- The Smoke Screen
- The Key
- A Real Partnership
- A Victory Democracy
- The Bishop's Gambit
- One of Us- Director:
- Sydney Lotterby
- Cast:
- Paul Eddington, Sue Lawley, Nigel Hawthorne
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Welcome to Mad Men - a shocking portrait of a time that was anything but innocent. Nothing is as sexy. Nothing is as provocative. Nothing is as it seems. Season three of Mad Men, is bursting with one scandalous surprise after another. Don Draper and the rest of the Madison Avenue pioneers contend with a world on the brink. - Director:
- Lesli Linka Glatter
- Cast:
- Jon Hamm, Ivo Nandi, Elisabeth Moss
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When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting New York City with a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), who've inadvertently opened the gates of hell...right in their own apartment building! - Director:
- Ivan Reitman
- Cast:
- Bill Murray, Casey Kasem, Paddi Edwards
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Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)Seven Worlds: One Planet
Millions of years ago huge forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating seven spectacular continents. Over time, each continent developed its own remarkable wildlife. From the depths of the South American jungles to the frozen peaks of Asia, and from the cities of Europe to the vast plains of Africa - 'Seven Worlds, One Planet' features extraordinary animal behaviour and untold wildlife stories from each continent. We discover how our seven worlds gave rise to the great diversity of life on Earth today, and reveal the challenges now faced by animals in a world shaped by us. - Director:
- Giles Badger
- Cast:
- Sir David Attenborough, Bertie Gregory, Chadden Hunter
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Le Mans '66 (2019)Ford v Ferrari
Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in a film based on the remarkable true story about Ford Motor Company's attempt to create the world's fastest car. American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale) together battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966. - Director:
- James Mangold
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal
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Well dash it all if we haven't done it again! All six episodes of Bertie and Jeeves' tip top third series in one splendid box set. In these adventures we see Bertie flitting across the pond on a transatlantic jolly, and flitting back again once Jeeves has cleared up the hilarious mayhem! Faced with the horrifying prospect of marriage to Glossop, Bertie flees London for the New World and New York. However, the quiet life still evades him as his Manhattan apartment is soon overrun with irate millionaires, irresponsible aristocrats, gun-toting police and the formidable Aunt Agatha! Once again it looks like Bertie is going to land himself in a real pickle, that is until the intervention of the impeccable Jeeves. - Director:
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Cast:
- Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws
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At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers - Blake's own brother among them. - Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Cast:
- Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays
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The Jedi Knights have been exterminated and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist. A small group of Rebels have dared to fight back by stealing the secret plans to the Empire's mightiest weapon, the Death Star battle station. The Emperor's most trusted servant, Darth Vader (David Prowse), must find the plans, and locate the hidden Rebel base. Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), a captive Rebel leader, sends out a distress signal that is intercepted by a simple farm boy, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Seizing his destiny, Luke takes up the challenge to rescue the princess and help the Rebellion overthrow the Empire, along with such unforgettable allies as the wise Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), the cocky Han Solo (Harrison Ford), the loyal Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), and the droids R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels). - Director:
- George Lucas
- Cast:
- Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Harrison Ford
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The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990)The Godfather: Part III / Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'The Godfather: Part III', director/screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola brings a definitive new edit and restoration of the final film in his epic Godfather trilogy - Mario Puzo's 'The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone'. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now in his 60's, seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire. That successor could be fiery Vincent (Andy Garcia)...but he may also be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence. The film's meticulously restored picture and sound, under the supervision of American Zoetrope and Paramount Pictures, includes a new beginning and ending, as well as changes to scenes, shots, and music cues. The resulting project reflects author Mario Puzo and Coppola's original intentions of 'The Godfather: Part III', and delivers, in the words of Coppola, a more appropriate conclusion to 'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather: Part II'. - Director:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia
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Relive the second season of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning comedy '30 Rock', the show that the guy who writes stuff on video boxes calls "my current assignment" and the Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly has named "simply the best TV". Created by Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Tina Fey, '30 Rock' features Fey (as TV writer Liz Lemon), Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Alec Baldwin (as corporate executive Jack Donaghy), Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski (as Lemon's unpredictable stars, Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney) and Jack McBrayer (as the naive NBC page Kenneth Parcell). Co-workers and friends, they are all trying to balance work and life, with the inevitable result of failed relationships, disastrous parties, at-work drunkenness, hard-core coffee addiction, world-class sandwich eating and occasional attempts to chop down Christmas trees. - Director:
- Don Scardino
- Cast:
- Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Tracy Morgan
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"The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan with star Christian Bale, who returns to continue Batman's war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. - Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast:
- Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
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Chief Inspector Boyd and the rest of Cold Case Unit reopens the files on more unsolved crimes in this series of gripping murder mysteries. But working closely together, under pressure to get results, is team going to crack? Do Mel, Frankie, Spencer and Grace still have confidence in their intense, moody Chief? Especially when the cases get personal… - Director:
- Not Available
- Cast:
- Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird
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When top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, he struggles with his seemingly crime-free…and oafish partner Danny (Nick Frost). When several grisly accidents rock the village, it's not long before Danny's dreams of explosive, high-octane, car-chasing, gun fighting, all-out action become reality! It's time for small-town cops to hand out big-city justice! - Director:
- Edgar Wright
- Cast:
- Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
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